SKU5400 Gospel Plane Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me. Don’t stop them, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to people who are like these children.” Matthew 19:14 How to Use There are many ways you can use the Gospel Plane to share the message of salvation. Here is one suggestion. 1. Launch a Gospel Plane across the room to catch 4. Have the children sit down and talk to them the children’s attention. about airplanes. Have they ever sat in a real airplane? Where did they go? Did they have fun 2. Guide the children in making their own Gospel there? If they could fly to anywhere in the world Planes. Make sure that the children write their in a real airplane, where would they want to go? names on their own airplanes before flying them. 5. Explain that there is a place that is far better than 3. Organize a Gospel Plane flying competition. any holiday destination. Everyone is perfectly See whose airplane flies the furthest or is able to happy there. This place is called heaven. land in a designated area. Continue sharing the message of salvation with (Consider awarding prizes.) the points on the next page. How to Fold the Gospel Plane Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Fold in half lengthwise. Fold the top two corners Fold the top point down. Fold the top two corners Unfold to form a center down. down again. crease. Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Fold the point up. Fold in half. Fold the two flaps down. www.LetTheLittleChildrenCome.com Copyright © 2017 Let The Little Children Come. All rights reserved. Additional copies of this instruction sheet can be downloaded from www.LetTheLittleChildrenCome.com. Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 2005 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. What to Say Use Questions to engage your listener and to check understanding. Here are some key points to cover as you present the gospel using the Gospel Plane. You may need Use Bible Verses where appropriate, but be careful not to to tailor your gospel presentation to suit the age overload your listener with too many verses. of your audience. The gold stripes remind us of heaven. The What do you think heaven is like? most wonderful thing about heaven is that Rev 21:4 it is God's home. God loves us and wants He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, us all to be with him in heaven. and there will be no more death, sadness, crying, or pain. Rev 21:21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate having been made from a single pearl. And the street of the city was made of pure gold as clear as glass. The dark stripe reminds us of sin. SinsUse are the things we do that What were some of the things you have done make God unhappy. Telling lies and disobeying our parents are that may have made God unhappy? examples of sins. Because of sin, our hearts are no longer clean and we cannot be with God. On our own, we can't make our hearts Rom 3:23 clean. Everyone has sinned and fallen short of God's glorious standard. Rom 6:23 The payment for sin is death. The red cross reminds us of the blood of Jesus. Jesus died on the Rom 5:8 cross to take the punishment for our sins. On the third day, Jesus But God shows his great love for us in this way: became alive again. Christ died for us while we were still sinners. Acts 13:30, 31 But God raised him up from the dead! After this, for many days, those who had gone with Jesus from Galilee to Jerusalem saw him. The clean stripe reminds us that because Jesus took the punishment Do you want your heart to be made clean? for our sins, our hearts can now be made clean. We now can have a relationship with God and will one day be with him in heaven if we: 1 John 1:9 1. Admit that we have sinned and ask God to forgive us, But if we confess our sins, he will forgive our 2. Believe that Jesus died on the cross to be punished sins, because we can trust God to do what is right. He will cleanse us from all the wrongs we instead of us, and have done. 3. Invite Jesus into our lives to help us turn away from sin. You can talk to Jesus about this right now: Would you like to have a relationship with God? Dear Jesus, John 1:12 But to all who did accept him and believe in him Thank you for loving me. I know that I have sinned. I believe he gave the right to become children of God. that you died on the cross to take the punishment for my sins. Please forgive all of my sins and make my heart clean. John 3:16 Please come into my life and help me turn away from doing God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son so that whoever believes in wrong. Thank you that I can now have a relationship with you him may not be lost, but have eternal life. and will one day be with you in heaven. In Jesus' name, Amen. Do you know what happens when you pray for forgiveness and invite Jesus into your life? Green reminds us that it is important to grow Do you know what you need to do next? in our relationship with Jesus by talking to God, reading God’s word, the Bible, and obeying him..